Salviaman

Nashville is going to be struggling next season. They are going to be hurting on defense real bad now that Hal Gill is their #1 guy lol.

Well enjoy life in either Philly or Nashville for the next 14 years. Cya later Weber!

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THAT IS CRAZY!!!

Bring back Modano!!!!

Fun? What is fun?

Won't happen.

Glad that we can put this behind us and focus on Abdelkader!

http://insider.espn.go.com/nhl/blog?name=custance_craig&id=8170835&_slug_=nhl-important-summer-gustav-nyquist-other-detroit-red-wings-prospects&action=login&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fnhl%2fblog%3fname%3dcustance_craig%26id%3d8170835%26_slug_%3dnhl-important-summer-gustav-nyquist-other-detroit-red-wings-prospects They missed out on Ryan Suter and Zach Parise, and they're on Rick Nash's list of potential destinations, according to the Columbus Dispatch. But the Detroit Red Wings aren't overly eager to pay Scott Howson's asking price. It's a price that's probably higher for a division rival since the last thing the Columbus Blue Jackets want is to have their former captain terrorizing them for the next decade within the division. When Red Wings GM Ken Holland met with local media last week, it came with warnings that the big addition fans hoped for this summer might not materialize immediately. In today's NHL, where teams are more likely to extend the contracts of their star players rather than trade them, it makes attracting elite talent in free agency all the more challenging. It also makes talent development absolutely crucial. "You have no choice in the new era of the NHL," said Red Wings assistant GM Jim Nill when we chatted Monday morning. "We saw it this summer. We're all locking our guys up from four- to 10-year contracts. [There aren't] a lot of free agents on the market." That combination makes this summer and the coming season the most important in recent memory for Red Wings prospects. The last time the organization lost key players toretirement, they replaced them with Henrik Zetterberg and Pavel Datsyuk. Chances are, that's not happening in the wake of Nicklas Lidstrom's retirement. "It's more quantity," Nill said of Detroit's pool of prospects. "You have to have a wave of players coming in." To read more about five important prospects for the Detroit Red Wings, plsu to getaccess to all of Insider's NHL content, you must be an ESPN Insider.

Manny Legace. lol

It took at least 3 years for the NHL to get over the last lockout. I don't want to see it happen again.

Good or him . Enjoy getting being the backup.

Holland will give him a contract. Watch and see...

I like turtles

Good for him.

I never said "emptied out". Stop putting words in my mouth. I said we have cap space and we should use it. I never said we should use it ALL or empty it out....

Yes, we have spoiled fans. That comes with the territory of winning. All I want is for Holland to take a chance and sign Semin. He needs to re-energize the fan base with a big name signing. There is no excuse to have WAY over $10+ million in cap space and not do anything with it. We all know your gonna wait till the trade deadline to see what can be had but then you don't pull the trigger. There is no one that will trade a top 4 D-man to Detroit without risking the future of the franchise. So take a risk on Semin to bolster up the offense and see if we can outscore teams instead of playing defense and losing like we have been since 2010.

I wake up to this? I am very disappointed and concerned at this moment. Ken Holland take off your rose-colored glasses and take a look around. "Content" is a terrible word to use, why not say you are confident in the current roster?

Loving the lineup!

Oh yeah! I still have faith in Kenny. He will do something. I just thought that he would have done something sooner.

I say he ends up in Boston

It's great news for us.

They took my job....

More waiting...

Yeah HUGE void.

http://m.espn.go.com/nhl/story?storyId=8143347